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Fitz Chem Corp. received a North American Distributor of the Year Award Plaque from Columbian Chemicals Company for the year 2006.

ANGUS Chemical Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, is building a research and development manufacturing plant to assist in the scale-up and validation of next-generation nitroalkane-based products.

Sartomer Company plans to open a 3,832-sq-ft technical center and office space in Yokohama, Japan, in December 2007.

Bayer’s high-rise former headquarters building is not to be demolished but will soon be lighting up the sky in a completely new guise - no longer as an office building but as an ultramodern media facade.

Akzo Nobel has signed an agreement to acquire the worldwide Ceilcote business from the German-based KCH Group for close to €12 million.

SigmaKalon has sold its Manage, Belgium, site to Arpadis Group NV, a growing international organization in the distribution of chemical products serving the paint, resins, polymers, personal care, polyurethane and food industries.

Akzo Nobel has agreed to sell its European-based Methylamines and Choline Chloride (MACC) businesses.

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., and Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, have agreed to transfer Sekisui’s toner resin business to Mitsui.

3M has completed its acquisition of E Wood Holdings PLC, a North Yorkshire, UK-based manufacturer of high-performance protective coatings for oil, gas, water, rail and automotive industries.

Greenkote PLC has acquired Industrial Powder Coating’s (IPC’s) coating operations and formed a new entity, Greenkote IPC.